Keyword
district
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1831
Old form
Readings
(100%)
Composed of
box on its side
cross
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a map with a cross marking a district.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
to dash
punch
hinge
Europe
Used in vocabulary (238 in total)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
distinction; differentiation; classification
district; section; sector
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
block (of land)
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
ward office; council (regional)
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
school district; school area
in the ward or borough
territory; autonomous region
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
jurisdiction
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
land readjustment; town planning
electoral district; precinct
south district
national constituency
ward residents
established by the ward
sanctuary; reserve (for wild animals); nature preserve
administrative district; ward
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
district; ward; lot
petty; trivial; insignificant; trifling
theater of war (theatre); sector
hazard area (flood, tsunami, etc.); danger zone; no man's land
school district; school area
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
special economic zone (China)
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
military district
small electoral district; single-member constituency
(the 23) wards of Tokyo
controlled access location
demarcation; marking of boundaries
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China)
mining area; mine lot
local governments; municipalities
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
locomotive depot; engine depot
liberated area or zone
administrative district
shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras
division of history into periods; periodization (in history)
prize for a single stage of a relay race
construction area; section of a construction project
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
same ward
population centre
game preserve; wildlife sanctuary
ward assemblyman; ward councillor
municipal district; streets
district meteorological observatory
distinction of the sexes
stricken area; affected district
closed interval
conductors' station (office)
special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); SAR
fishing ground; fishery
game preserve; wildlife sanctuary
restricted area; security area
ward assemblyman
single-seat constituency system
wildlife sanctuary; protection area for birds and wild animals
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)
ward assembly election; local council election
train line; bus line
ward management; ward administration
scenic area (subject to planning restrictions); nature preservation area; area of scenic beauty
historic district; historic center of a town
local governments; municipalities
section of track
without distinction; with no distinction
subdistrict
proportionally represented constituency
electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
prefectural constituency
unit owner (in a condominium or other multi-unit building)
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
railcar depot; train depot
Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; train service which is local for one section and express for another
area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
ward assembly
unable to tell apart
land readjustment; town planning
urbanization control area; urban control area
ward expenses
Palearctic (region); Palaearctic
electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system
business zone (e.g. for taxis, buses, etc.); business domain; sales route
(Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district
Oriental (zoogeographical region)
district attorney (US)
property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it
carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line
postal delivery zone; postal zone
ocean sector
primary school district; elementary school district
petty; trivial; insignificant; trifling
Nishikan-ku (Niigata)
assimilation district; area targeted for antidiscrimination measures; burakumin area
junior high school district
school district system
local public prosecutor's office; subdistrict public prosecutor's office
vacant constituency
polling or voting district
parochial school; church school
war-devastated area
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
local prosecutor
Japanese character set row and column index ('separator' encoding)
task organization; task organisation
area zoned for urbanization (urbanisation)
magnetic domain
Neotropical (region); Neotropics
ecozone (biogeographical realm)
Nearctic (region)
Holarctic (region)
ecclesiastical province
tab delimited
delimiter; separator
KuTen code; matrix code system used in JIS character standards
BPAM; Basic Partitioned Access Method
partitioned organization data set
special economic zone (China)
Ethiopian (zoogeographical region)
Australian (zoogeographical region)
phytogeographical region; floristic kingdom
name of a city, ward, town or village
general bonded zone (esp. in trade with China)
Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service
regulated navigation area; navigation area; navigation zone
special deregulation zone; special zone for structural reform
transaction classification; transaction type
building consisting of individually owned units, shops, etc.; strata title building; sectional title complex; condominium
building consisting of individually owned units, shops, etc.; strata title building; sectional title complex; condominium
unit ownership (in a condominium or other multi-unit building); unit ownership rights
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)
federal district (esp. in Russia)
safe electoral seat; safe electorate
area zoned for agricultural use
specified complex tourist facilities area; area approved for containing integrated resorts with casinos
district (esp. in mainland China and Taiwan)
workers' district (in North Korea)
semi-express (train service); express service for part of a route
residential community (administrative district of the People's Republic of China)
zoogeographical region
Examples (60 in total)
The twins are so much alike that I can't distinguish one from the other.
The twins were so alike that it was difficult to tell them apart.
How do you tell them apart?